March 24, 2013

The Push to Break and Manic Monday FREEBIE

This is the big week, the push to the finish… yes, Easter
break is in sight! And the best part of it: I do not have to deal with April
Fools’ Day since it is during break! YIPPEE!
I DO HAVE to deal with off-year writing proficiency testing this coming
Tuesday and Wednesday with my fifth graders, just what one wants to do during
the last few days prior to a vacation. Ah well, we will make the best of it!

But first... MANIC MONDAY'S FREEBIE!

Here’s something that I will have the fifth graders do as
they complete the sections on the writing test- Easter Take Three. It’s a great
brainstorming activity and will serve as pre-writing for some Easter poems we
will compose on Thursday. I posted a similar activity last month for St.
Patrick’s Day; the kiddos enjoyed it, and I heard from several of you that you
used it with your classes with success! This Take Three has a bit of a religious
flavor to it (I teach at a Catholic School) so I am offering this in Word
format. That way anyone who is interested in the Easter Take Three can snag it, then edit it to
remove the religious material. You can download it HERE, or by clicking on the
link below the picture.